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Hot Spiced Tea with Milk
1-1/2 quarts water
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 Tbs. loose black tea
1 cup milk, hot
1 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. sugar, or to taste
Bring water, cloves and cinnamon stick to a boil. Remove from heat and
add tea. Cover and let steep 4 mins or longer if stronger tea is
desired. Strain tea. Stir in hot milk and sugar to taste. Per serving:
cals 62, fat 2.1g, 34% cals from fat, chol 8mg, protein 2.0g, carbs
7.1g, fiber 0.0g, sugar 7.0g, sod 41mg, diet points 1.9

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Welcome to the FSet trac site
Please read the TracGuide to help you get started.
To submit a bug report, log in (you will need a common-lisp.net account), then click "New Ticket". If you don't have a common-lisp.net account, the best thing is simply to submit the bug report to the fset-devel mailing list.
Also see http://common-lisp.net/trac-intro.shtml for some information about how Trac is configured and for hints which you may be interested in.
The common-lisp.net maintainers
Starting Points
- TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
- The Trac project -- Trac Open Source Project
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Jeremy Kay talks to the team behind Captain Phillips about the challenges and rewards of recreating a real-life drama for the big screen.
As producers Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti watched the April 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama unfold on TV, they were struck by the same thought.
Events on board the US cargo ship were ripe for the Hollywood treatment, but there was no knowing what might happen when Captain Richard Phillips was made to board a tiny lifeboat with his four gun-toting Somali captors.
"I didn't think it was going to end well and I told Mike that wasn't a movie I wanted to make, and he agreed," says Brunetti, who along with De Luca and fellow Captain Phillips producer Scott Rudin had earned a best picture Oscar nomination for The Social Network.
Eventually the sinuous four-day ordeal shifted course again and ended triumphantly. US Navy SEALs rescued Capt Phillips in a swift conclusion that resulted in the death of three pirates and the imprisonment of their ringleader, Muse.
'Richard Phillips is very, very down to earth and was concerned that the story get told with integrity'
Mike De Luca
"As that rescue operation was going on, we were on the phone and wanted to do it [as a film]," says Brunetti. "We quickly jumped on to it and found a contact for the Phillips family.
"We got in touch with Maersk and met the company representative in New York. Once Phillips got back to Vermont we wanted to meet him, but Mike [De Luca] couldn't do it, so I called my producing partner at Trigger Street [Productions], Kevin Spacey. He was in London and jumped on a plane and we went to dinner with Phillips and his family. [Phillips] still had bruises on his wrists from being bound," says Brunetti. "People asked: 'You went in that fast?' but if we hadn't, someone else would have."
"Richard is such a humble guy," says De Luca. "His initial reaction was: 'Are you sure you want to make a movie about this? Will anyone care? I'm not the hero. The SEALs are the heroes.' He's very, very down to earth and was concerned that the story get told with integrity."
Phillips held off on signing away his life rights until he had finished A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs And Dangerous Days At Sea, a book of the account co-written with Stephan Talty that would be published in 2010.
"He promised to come back to us after his book was completed and he did," says De Luca. "So we set the book up at Sony and went about trying to get a writer and director. Dana and I both have deals at Sony so we brought it to Doug Belgrad [president of Columbia Pictures] and executive vice-president of production Elizabeth Cantillon, our executives on The Social Network."
[De Luca is now joining Sony as Columbia Pictures' president of production.]
The ship crews up
De Luca went out to screenwriter Billy Ray (State Of Play, The Hunger Games), someone he had worked with before and held in high esteem. It was an open assignment and Ray created a compelling vision that landed the job.
"In my head I was writing this movie for [Tom] Hanks before he was cast," says Ray. "You write about a fantastic actor and you never get them, but in this case I did. I pictured that movie with nobody else in the role — it's impossible. When he signed on, it was a mountaintop moment."
Hanks came on board to star in the title role and Paul Greengrass agreed to direct after he read Ray's first draft.
"We played around with certain things," says De Luca. "There was a draft where Billy opened the movie at the moment of Phillips' escape attempt on the lifeboat and flashed back to the beginning of that day. There were a few drafts that emphasised what was going on back home and cut back to Phillips' family getting news of the incident. With the shooting script and the cutting of it, it became more urgent and once we were with Phillips, we stayed with him in the theatre of the incident."
"There was so much drama going on in that house [during the incident] it seemed odd not to use it as a way of showing a bit more of Phillips," says Ray. "Paul was interested in exploring scenes at the time that were taking place at the Pentagon. So there were versions of all those scenes."
Ultimately, it was Hanks who suggested they keep the focus on the lifeboat, charting a course for the final version of Captain Phillips that has gone on to gross more than $100m in North America and almost as much -internationally.
"It's funny when you make big calls on films," says Greengrass. "You very often feel a sense of release afterwards. That's when you know you've done something right, because you kind of let go of baggage.
"What we were left with was the framework of the story of two captains, which is the story we all, Billy included, really wanted to tell. That's a big call."
'What we were left with was the story of two captains, which was the story we all really wanted to tell'
Paul Greengrass
The next big calls, as Greengrass puts it, were the casting of the Somali actors and the decision to shoot in the ocean with real ships.
Casting director Francine Maisler orchestrated a global search for actors to play the pirates. In this way she discovered newcomer Barkhad Abdi and a handful of his fellow countrymen from the thriving Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
To procure ships, executive producer Greg Goodman spent months negotiating with the Navy and Maersk. Both institutions requested lower fees than usual given the film's relatively modest budget of approximately $50m.
"We had a few things working to our advantage," says De Luca. "Maersk and the Navy were very approving of the screenplay and were friends of the production. Maersk made the sister ship, the Alexander, available to us for a nominal charge and were kind of our partners in the production and so were the Navy. Once we got that level of co-operation, it really made the production possible."
By the time the shoot kicked off in spring 2012 in Boston, which doubled as Phillips's native Vermont, the Maersk Alabama was on active duty and the production had secured the services of its sister ship, the Danish vessel Alexander Maersk. Phillips himself visited the Boston set a few times.
Production sets sail
"We shot in Malta off the coast for a lot of the Maersk container ship stuff," says De Luca. "We had a small stage shoot in London for the interior lifeboat scenes and then we were off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, for all the Naval sequences and then [flew to] Morocco for Somalia."
"The great thing about Malta was it has these deep-water harbours," says Greengrass. "You could literally be out in the ocean in 10 minutes. It takes two hours to get out of Long Beach harbour [in California]."
Greengrass used a splinter crew to operate within cramped conditions on the lifeboat and the Alexander Maersk. "Paul had to make do with a lot less than other film-makers and that's the price we paid for the authenticity of being on a real ship," says De Luca. "It can be gruelling shooting on the open water and on the lifeboat, bobbing on the water like a cork for 12 hours. Tom playing the hostage for four or five days and trying to capture that was a very intense shoot because the subject matter is so intense."
The producers assembled a small flotilla for the scenes where US warships escort the lifeboat into harbour at Mombasa, Kenya, in a nerve-shredding prelude to the finale.
"We used the aircraft carrier USS Wasp," says Brunetti, "while the USS Halyburton was the only ship we used that was deployed in the actual incident. USS Truxtun doubled for the USS Bainbridge."
"We didn't know where we would get our [Navy] ships. Originally it was going to be from San Diego but then [the impasse with] North Korea kicked off and those ships had to be activated. So the Navy told us to go to Virginia Beach and they could give us what we needed.
"It was always a gamble; the last thing we shot was the Navy [escort scenes]. Normally when we shoot we watch the weather. This was the first time I was paying attention a lot more to what was happening in the world and particularly in the area where ships were. That's when you really want world peace."
The production used military and ex-military advisers and relied on exhaustive research by Greengrass and screenwriter Ray to give as close an approximation as possible as to how US elite forces would have executed the rescue plan. "With the SEALs, they don't tell you where they train, where they launch out of and how they got to the theatre of the incident," says De Luca, who adds that the parachute jump sequence was filmed near San Diego. "Pretty much everything that aren't those things, they'll let you in on and we extrapolated other information based on declassified material or reasonable assumptions that we would make."
Production wrapped in the summer of 2012 and post-production was completed a year later. Captain Phillips earned rave reviews following its world premiere in September as the opening night gala at the New York Film Festival.
Getting it right
The whole team on the production feels they have done justice to the events of April 2009.
"When I was watching the incident unfold on the news I felt we were seeing a 21st-century collision of [trends] that are fairly recent in the scheme of history, such as globalisation, with the economies of the world that are struggling now," says De Luca.
"I felt this story would be a great way to shine a light on the heroism of this crew and the desperation of Somalis, and the first thieving of an American vessel since the Barbary Coast pirates [in the late 18th century].
"It's very brave doing what the merchant marines do — you go out there unarmed and navigate some pretty dicey parts of the world to bring us the [material possessions] we want [via shipping lanes].
"Captain Phillipswas a real special one for us," De Luca adds, "and everyone understood why it was important for everyone to get this right."


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So you read this headline, right? That Katherine Heigl 'would love' to go back to Grey's Anatomy?
It's become a bit of a sport to bash Heigl for things she says in the press, so let's take this one apart a bit.
The Generous Angle
Katherine Heigl knows Grey's Anatomy was the project that brought her enough fame and acclaim to go on into movies. While she's proven herself bankable since then, that was the break that made her so.
And she can see that. No matter how innocently she made the comments of a few years back – that the writing she was given didn't warrant being submitted for a performance Emmy, that being on a show playing the same character can be 'stale' - Heigl also plays to an audience that's not so un-Oprah in terms of 'remembering your spirit', which can be seen as 'remembering your start'.
I don't think it's so crazy to think that she was being earnest in her comments – that she would like to come back. That she would enjoy revisiting the character. Remember too that an ensemble is a lot more fun for an actor. Kristen Bell said that House of Lies was a delight for her partly because everything wasn't resting solely on her shoulders, as it had in Veronica Mars (which Lainey now loves, after scorning it for YEARS. Just a reminder). Heigl is big business these days, sure, but when you're the lead in a movie it takes a lot of damn time and effort, and the long days necessarily involve you every single time, and it's exhausting. Rewarding, especially financially, but most actors like to play in a group. It's just more fun
And in a lot of ways, Grey's Heigl was the best Heigl. Everyone excoriates her for the 'not given the material' line, but let's not forget that she was the quickest to call Isaiah Washington on the carpet for things he said about T.R. Knight (and then defending himself). She wasn't worried in the least about what taking a side would do to her career, and I bet she's proud of herself. As she should be.
So going back to Grey's Anatomy might be a way to acknowledge all this – that while things can get overwhelming as a highly-paid movie star (she's making $16,000,000 for One For The Money), it would be nice to go back to her roots.
The Annoying Angle
Or, you can read it like I didn't want to, like I tried not to. That she's offering them her services. That she's told them she wants to go back, but that it's their failing if they can't find a way to incorporate this big movie star into their show, which would so obviously be beneficial to them.
She also said she would like to see where Izzie winds up, that she wonders what happened to her…the implication being that the ending she got at the hands of Shonda Rhimes (which, I was mildly annoyed she called her 'her' in the article, but that's easily taken out of context) and her team wasn't sufficient. That she wants a happier, more complete ending that wasn't provided the first time around.
The Analysis
If I were Heigl, I would be sick to death of my words always being twisted to sound as negative as possible. I'd be sick, too, of watching my admittedly outspoken mouth all the time, trying to make sure what I said was clean and clear.
We all have friends who talk out of their asses half the time but it's done with love, not malice, and if they're confronted about it, they're genuinely surprised because that wasn't what they meant. Maybe they should know better than to talk like idiots, but then again, maybe they really honestly think they're being straightforward and kind.
It's pretty tiring to hate everything, all the time, isn't it? Wouldn't it be refreshing to give her the benefit of the doubt? But if you did, would you feel like a sucker? Like she was 'getting away with' talking this way?
I mean, I hate to always come to this point, but Tracy Morgan is walking around FINE after having made some ridiculously inflammatory and ill-thought out comments. Mel Gibson, too. He's still employable, somehow. But it's Heigl who gets most of our scorn.
What's different about them? Hmmm.
(Lainey: Duana was right, I'm gagging, about Veronica. But…Katherine Heigl is way up her own ass.)
So you read this headline, right? That Katherine Heigl 'would love' to go back to Grey's Anatomy?


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2012 Lexus LS 600h L Hybrid (Press Release)
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- Standard All-Wheel Drive Package With Torsen Limited Slip Center Differential
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The Lexus LS 600h L sedan was the first vehicle to bring fuel-efficient gasoline-electric hybrid technology to the prestige luxury segment when it went on sale for the 2008 model year. The long wheelbase flagship provides the highest level of performance, technology and luxury in the LS line. It is powered by the ultra-quiet Lexus Hybrid Drive system, which was the world's first to combine a V8 gasoline engine with an all-wheel-drive (AWD) hybrid drivetrain.
The LS 600h L hybrid carries over virtually unchanged for 2012 with the exception of the Nebula Gray Pearl exterior replacing Smoky Granite Mica.
The LS 600h L hybrid powertrain system uniquely combines a 5.0-liter V8 gasoline engine with two powerful electric motors and a large-capacity battery pack. The hybrid powertrain generates a peak combined output rating of 438 horsepower and can effortlessly accelerate the LS 600h L from zero-to-60 mph in just 5.5 seconds. Mid-range acceleration is even more impressive. The system's electric motor is capable of delivering maximum torque on demand and is most beneficial during passing maneuvers. The LS 600h L can accelerate from 50-70 mph in just 3.5 seconds.
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A regenerative-braking system further boosts efficiency. When the vehicle is coasting or the brakes are applied, the electric motors function as generators, capturing kinetic energy that would normally be lost as heat through the brakes and transforming it into useable electricity to recharge the batteries.
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The VDIM system incorporates and manages all of the car's dynamic handling sub-systems, including: Electronically Controlled Brake (ECB) system, EPS, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Antilock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and engine torque via the electronically controlled throttle. Monitoring a variety of sensors, the system anticipates the onset of a vehicle skid or slide while cornering, and helps correct the situation with a combination of braking, throttle and steering control.
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To help assist the driver in maneuvering around the obstacle, the system reprograms the steering ratio, amplifying the intensity and quickness of the steering response. At the same time, APCS automatically retracts the front seatbelts and prepares the brake system to respond with full force when activated by the driver in anticipation of a possible impact.
The LS 600h L is based on the long-wheelbase LS chassis, providing nearly five inches more legroom than the standard LS 460 model. This flagship sedan provides the highest level of comfort and convenience features in the LS series. Standard features include a hard disk drive (HDD) Lexus Navigation system with a back-up camera, Bluetooth® phonebook download capability, Voice Command casual language voice-recognition system, and an integrated XM Radio receiver.
For theater-level entertainment, the LS 600h L features a standard 19-speaker 450-watt Mark Levinson® Reference Surround Sound audio system. An auxiliary jack located in the front center console allows for MP3 digital music players while a USB port allows for iPod® connectivity. The audio system also features Bluetooth streaming audio.
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The Cold Weather Package is also standard and features a windshield deicer, upgraded battery and more efficient heater. The LS 600h L also has the Advanced Parking Guidance System (APGS) which is designed to assist with parallel and back-in parking. Once the driver has correctly positioned the car and identified the desired parking spot via the navigation screen, APGS utilizes the rear back-up camera parking sonar sensors and electric power steering system to guide the car into the space, while the driver controls speed via braking.
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The optional Premium Package II includes butterfly rear headrests; driver's side rear seat with lumbar massage; rear climate controlled power seats with memory and power headrests; rear seat-mounted side airbags; a rear heater control panel; four-zone climate control; rear audio controls; additional wood trim; rear air purifier; rear headliner and side air ducts; power rear-door sunshades; and a rear seat entertainment system equipped with a power ceiling-mounted nine-inch screen for DVD viewing.
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After the past two weeks, the Houston Dynamo's Je-Vaughn Watson and Jermaine Taylor may want to start thinking about what they are going to do with all their frequent-flyer miles.
The Jamaican internationals played three games in seven days last week while traveling from Houston to San Francisco to Kingston, Jamaica, to Seattle and back to Houston. All told, the pair traveled more than 12,000 miles and played key roles during a mentally and physically taxing week.
"The traveling is tough, but you have to be tough mentally," Taylor told MLSsoccer.com after training on Monday. "It's a professional sport, and you have to be professional about it. It was tough traveling back and forth to play, but you just have to play."
Play they did, as Watson started all three matches and Taylor started against the San Jose Earthquakes and Costa Rica, then came on as a second-half sub last Friday in Seattle. The congested schedule made life difficult for a duo on whom the Dynamo have leaned on during the first three weeks of the season.
Yet, despite the less-than-ideal timing of the midweek international fixture, there was never any real consideration given to keeping the players from joining their nation's team.
"It's an important year for them and Jamaica, and I asked them if they wanted to go and they both said, 'Yes,'" head coach Dominic Kinnear, who won 54 caps for the US national team himself, told MLSsoccer.com. "It's an important time for Jamaica, and knowing the turnaround, it was unfortunate timing, but I'll never say no if these guys want to play for their country."
Taylor and Watson have shown they can handle the duty and through three weeks they have carved out some important roles in the rotation. Taylor has become the ultimate defensive utility man playing right back, left back and center back last week with both Houston and Jamaica.
Watson has impressed in the center of the Dynamo attack and after a one-on-one with Kinnear, he is starting to feel comfortable integrating his free-flowing style into the Dynamo attack.
"Last year was my first year in the league, and coming here, it was a different transition coming from Jamaica, where I could just dribble and do my thing," Watson told MLSsoccer.com. "After the San Jose game, we had a meeting in the office and he said he'd give me the freedom to do what I can and I have a little more freedom and confidence and that's my game."
With a long 2012 ahead, the pair figures to continue to play a big role in the Dynamo's plans.
"I think Je-Vaughn, for me, had his best performance of the season [vs. Seattle] and you don't miss anything with Jermaine whether you put him right, left or in the middle," Kinnear said. "We did ask a lot of those guys professionally and physically, and their being there Friday was a help."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com


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After the great stay in Oaxaca Alexy, Valerie, Boyde the dog and I were raring to go and once more hit the road. This, of course, entailed more mountains, but after a day or so I can't keep up so we arrange to meet in San Cristobal. San Cristobal is hippy central, thankfully though there are plenty of indigenous people in the lovely town as well. This is the place where more things were stolen from the hostels than anywhere I have been so far. Not by the locals mind you, but by the westerners. It's funny it seems that people come here as it's cheap and for their love of Mexico. Yet they smoke weed that has Mexican blood on it and sell their jewelry and food in the streets in competition with the locals. The locals who live in real poverty and need every penny they can get, but can't get on a plane back to the west when the cash runs out. Time to move on, and it's off to a new country, Guatemala. Here the climbing begins again, going up through the steamy forest and endless heat. I run into Bruno from France cycling south, and we make our way to the stunning Lake Atitlan. A spectacular setting surrounded by volcanoes, and a great place to relax for a few days. The climb out of the lake is a killer and takes about 3 days to cover just 40 or so miles. But I know at the end it is the historic town of Antigua where I can drink some beer and have another rest. A quick stop in Guatemala City with the warm showers host Bernado at G-22.org has me stock up with a few bits and pieces from the camping shop there, before hitting the road again.


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The recently launched Alzheimer's CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education program is a first-of-its-kind training program that addresses current and future needs by offering family members a fresh approach to Alzheimer's care. The approach encourages mental engagement to help relatives remain safely at home and in familiar surroundings as long as possible, and family members learn to immerse themselves in the mindsets of their loved ones to help manage difficult behaviors associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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The Alzheimer's CARE training program was created exclusively by and for the Home Instead Senior Care network. Based on co-author David Troxel's "best friends" approach to Alzheimer's Care – and informed and endorsed by experts in aging, Alzheimer's and related fields – the program focuses on the care and dignity of the individual rather than the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments. It encourages caregivers to capture a senior's life journey and use that information to relate to them personally. For more information, visit www.helpforalzheimersfamilies.com.
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A police officer and a pedestrian were struck by separate vehicles in downtown Milwaukee early Sunday morning.
Police said the pedestrian was hit near Water Street and Juneau Avenue about 2:45 a.m. While authorities were blocking traffic at the crash scene, a squad car was hit by a second vehicle.
An officer in the car and the driver of that second vehicle both suffered minor injuries. The officer, a 33-year-old man and 11-year veteran with the Milwaukee Police Department, was taken to Froedtert Hospital. He was treated and released.
The driver who struck the squad car is a 22-year-old man from West Allis. He was later arrested on a charge of causing injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.
The pedestrian, a 25-year-old man from Franklin, remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
The driver of the vehicle who hit the pedestrian is a 25-year-old woman from Milwaukee. She remained at the scene, and no citations were issued pending the outcome of the investigation.


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It's been about two weeks since I posted PASS Update #1, so time for another update on my activities as a member of the PASS Board of Directors. It's been a quiet but interesting couple weeks. The first thing I worked on was an early draft of what I thought we should focus on for the next 90 days (note: my official title is Director of Virtual Communities, but in practice that means just about web based content/services not directly tied to the annual Summit). I've submitted that draft to Wayne (aka The President) for initial comment, and it's now circulating for comment with the other Directors. I've also emailed most of the other board members to find out what they need from me and/or how I can help them, and in some cases to start talking to them about some of my ideas and whether it will integrate with their plans.
I've gotten back some good notes, both from Directors and the PASS HQ staff, and I'm using that to refine the plan. For example, I think books are a high value item in our profession and happen to think book reviews are a good thing, but as I explored that deeper realized that managing them is a challenge (cost of international shipping, books sent out that never get reviewed, etc, etc) and thus are something that requires either a different approach (linking to Amazon reviews and/or just highlighting a book every 2 weeks in the Connector) while we try to see if there is enough value in making book reviews work, overhead, headache, and all (post ideas, please).
I'm definitely struggling with figuring out what I don't know. Who on staff owns newsletters? What's the cost for sending newsletters if I want to change the frequency? How do we post new content and what's the approval process? What's my budget? How much time can I use from staff and does it come out of my budget? I've gotten some of the answers, and with luck more will come over the next few weeks. It's just like starting a new job, but one where I'm really conscious that I've got a limited amount of time to identify what needs to be done and figure out how to get it done.
I've done a few calls with volunteers (I'll list them a bit later as I know how comfortable each is with being blogged about) to ask them about early thoughts on my ideas and to get questions/ideas from them as well. I've never had an idea that hasn't been improved by getting someone else that was interested to go through it, though sometimes it's painful to realize your initial idea as thread bare or worse!
I also had the chance to sit in on a call with the SIG's (special interest groups) with new SIG man Tom LaRock (and congratulations to Tom and Pat Wright on their appointments to the board to fill vacancies). Got a good group of volunteers itching to go, and they have some good ideas. Some will take technology to do, some just take a little more direction and support. It'll be interesting to see what Tom does to move them along.
I fly out Monday to Seattle for my first board meeting. The agenda looks good, time for each board member to present a plan for discussion and review goals, also some time for general brainstorming. In person meetings are expensive, but I think can be incredibly valuable - it's all in the brainstorming and collaboration time, I've never seen it work as well on the phone/Livemeeting, etc. Costs are managed pretty well, we all travel coach, PASS HQ makes group reservations for the hotel, and we have a schedule so we can try to share rides from the airport to cut costs. No PASS credit cards, all spend up front, then get reimbursed afterward (which I agree with). All looks good on the planning so far, but we'll see how I hold up to 2 days of meetings. One of the reasons I've circulated my draft in advance is to make the most of my 30 minute presentation time to focus on goals and getting them coordinated with other Directors. If you contemplate joining the board definitely consider the time issue. I don't have a good feel for weekly hours yet, but the meeting will take four days for me - one day to fly out, 2 days meetings, and then the next flight I could get was the following morning - takes all day to get home! That's four days you have to come up with - make sure that your employer will support it, or if you're a consultant, that you can survive losing the billable hours.
As I look at my potential project list, I see a couple things that are challenges. One is that many of them require technology at least long term, and I don't have a good understand of what our development task list looks like or the budget we have to go with it. The other is that there's a lot to do and the temptation is to try to do a lot. I want to get a lot done, but I think especially for the first 90 day sprint I need to do the things that can be done (to show you some success) and spend a lot of time getting stuff in the pipeline for later sprints. Don't take that as pulling back, just consider the book review thing posted above - given fair warning of a potential log jam and no immediate ideas to fix, better to look at the greater goal of exposing members to books than to get caught up in short term battles.
I'll try to get another update out after the meeting, and will try to get as much material from it posted as I can within the confidentiality guidelines. I've also got to finish up the PASS blog strategy to see if I should be posting this on the PASS blog and linking or cross posting here. What defines a PASS blog? Is it for "official" posts only?
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Looking to profit from the environmental revolution? Here are two funds in which you won't have to choose between investing in a principle and making money.
When Winslow Green Growth fund published a newsletter earlier this year, the headline proclaimed, "This Time is Different." Alternative energy, says manager Jack Robinson, will become a huge part of the global economy -- not fall to pieces again the next time oil prices tumble. Robinson, 65, is a shrewd investor who knows well that that phrase has long been branded "the four most dangerous words in investing." Many have lost fortunes by not heeding that lesson. But this time, things actually do look different.
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Only a handful of socially responsible funds earn their keep. Winslow Green Growth (888-314-9049, symbol WGGFX) is at the top of that list. And Winslow Green Solutions, scheduled to launch in November, holds similar promise.
Green Growth has returned an annualized 27% over the past five years through September 27, putting it in the top 2% among funds that invest in small, fast-growing companies, according to Morningstar. Don't expect sizzling returns like that to continue. But Robinson has returned an annualized 15% on similarly managed private accounts since 1994.
Stomach some risk
Green Growth is risky, to put it mildly. Small, fast-growing companies are volatile to start with. Green Growth generally owns just 25 to 35 stocks, making it riskier. In 2002, the fund lost 38%. I wouldn't put more than 5% to 10% of your truly long-term money in this fund or in a combination of Green Growth and Green Solutions.
Green Solutions will specialize in companies that seek to improve the environment. It will mainly buy stocks of slightly larger companies than Green Growth does. But don't look for low risk in a fund that invests heavily in alternative energy -- a tiny sliver of the economy. Over the past four years, private accounts managed similarly to the way the new fund will be run returned an annualized 19%. Given that record, coupled with the success of Green Growth, it's easy to recommend the new fund.
Green Growth is -- and Green Solutions will be -- different from most socially responsible funds. Rather than merely looking for companies that meet minimum ethical standards, Robinson starts by hunting for companies that, according to his worldview, actually help the environment. Almost 40% of Green Growth's assets are invested in companies that are seeking solutions to environmental problems. Almost all Green Growth's money is invested in such companies. Next, Robinson looks for environmentally "clean" companies. "You can be socially responsible without hurting your bottom line," he maintains. Given the shabby performance of many other socially responsible funds, I'm not so sure.
Socially responsible funds fight with one hand tied behind their backs. That's because they exclude a raft of companies -- including ones that might help them earn the most money. What's more, it has been my experience that the best fund managers are passionate about managing money. Most socially responsible fund managers I've talked to seem passionate mainly about being socially responsible -- however they define that phrase. Robinson is the exception to the rule: He cares a lot about being socially responsible, but he's also driven to earn high returns for his shareholders. [Editor's note: Kiplinger's prefers the phrase "socially screened" to describe these kinds of funds, so as to avoid suggesting that other kinds are "socially irresponsible."]
Clean stock picks
WFI Industries (WFI.TO) "is probably our favorite stock today," Robinson says. The company is based in Fort Wayne, Ind., but its stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company produces geothermal energy, mainly for new housing developments. Pipes just five feet underground can pump 55-degree air into houses and small businesses year round -- cutting utility bills and saving energy. The stock, which closed at $28.10 Canadian on October 1, trades at a rich 30 times earnings. Robinson predicts that WTI's earnings will grow 30% annually.
In solar energy, Robinson likes First Solar (FSLR). The company will "soon produce electricity in many parts of the country that is no more expensive that traditional power," he says. First Solar has a huge cost advantage over most competitors because it doesn't employ costly silicon. He expects First Solar to earn 65 cents a share this year and for profits to double next year. The stock leaped 8% on October 1, to $127.01. "It's a very expensive stock, but it's the best company in solar energy."
Fuel Tech (FTEK) is another favorite. It markets two processes for reducing pollution when utilities burn coal or oil. "Not only do the boilers burn cleaner, but the utilities don't have to shut them down for cleaning so they save money," says Robinson. The company has no earnings and trades at nine times sales -- Internet-bubble-type numbers. Robinson thinks sales and earnings will increase 50% annually "for the foreseeable future." Following a 6% jump on October 1, the stock closed at $23.39.
(See 25 Stocks to Invest in a Cleaner World for Kiplinger's green stock picks.)
Oil's shadow
The soaring price of oil is, obviously, an important factor in the rise of alternative -- energy stocks. Should oil prices plunge, these stocks will likely fall much further and faster than traditional energy stocks because most alternative-energy companies trade at lofty prices relative to their sales and earnings. And concern about global warming is just entering the mainstream.
Could this turn out to be another Internet bubble? Certainly, alternative-energy stocks could tumble. Those of us with a little gray in our hair remember the 1970s, when oil prices went through the roof, only to crash just as unexpectedly. But I think governments and the private sector will pay an increasing amount of attention to global warming. So even if alternative-energy stocks go retreat, I think they'll eventually recover. Green Growth is an excellent way to play this sector. Green Solutions looks just as attractive.
Steven T. Goldberg (bio) is an investment adviser and freelance writer.


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As I said in my last post, sweet breakfasts are kind of my thing – I've got to have at least a piece of fruit, and I hold pretty steadfast on that. But, as with most things in life, there's an exception. And you can bet your cinnamon buns that frittatas are that exception.
Ooo, cinnamon buns. WAIT! I will not be distracted.
Frittatas are so easy to put together, and they're my number one favorite savory way to enjoy a weekend breakfast. Whatever varied chopped vegetables or meat I have leftover from making weeknight dinners, it all goes in. They're super adaptable, darn delicious and so cute made mini that you just want to squeeze their little eggy cheeks. Come here, frittata!
For these mini frittatas made in muffin tins, I used shredded zucchini and small diced tomatoes and onions. Topped with a fluffy sprinkling of asiago and fresh basil, I think you could agree they're just about the best thing to welcome you into the weekend.
Feel free to get creative with your fillings – mostly any vegetable or meat cut small will do. For vegetables, try spinach, potatoes, bell peppers, squash, mushrooms, peas or asparagus. For meat, leftover cooked chicken, pork or ham would be delish!
Whatever you way you make 'em, there's no denying that these mini frittatas would be the hit of your breakfast or brunch table. Try them for yourself some weekend and I know you'll enjoy them just as much as I did!
Mini Vegetable and Bacon Frittatas
- 2 eggs
- 4 egg whites or 3 additional whole eggs, if you prefer
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 slices bacon
- 1/8 cup small diced onion
- 1/4 cup small diced tomato seeds removed
- 1/4 cup shredded or small diced zucchini
- 1/4 cup finely grated cheese I used asiago, but use any hard cheese you prefer
- 4 leaves fresh basil torn
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, beat together egg and egg whites/whole eggs. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Coat 6 cups of a muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a frying pan set to medium high heat, cook bacon for 4 minutes per side. Place strips on a paper towel lined cutting board. Let bacon cool then chop into small pieces.
- Divide chopped bacon, onion, tomato and zucchini between the muffin tins. Top each muffin cup with the beaten eggs.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove pan from oven and top frittatas with grated cheese and basil. Let cool for about 5 minutes before running a small knife alongside each frittata to release it from the pan. Serve warm.
- Enjoy!


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An alarm device or system of alarm devices gives an audible, visual or other form of alarm signal about a problem or condition. Alarm devices are often outfitted with a siren.
Alarm devices include:
- burglar alarms, designed to warn of burglaries; this is often a silent alarm: the police or guards are warned without indication to the burglar, which increases the chances of catching him or her.
- alarm clocks can beep, buzz or ring off as an alarm at a set time to wake a person up or for other reminders
- distributed control systems (DCS), found in nuclear power plants, refineries and chemical facilities also generate alarms to direct the operator's attention to an important event that he or she needs to address.
- alarms in an operation and maintenance (O&M) monitoring system, which informs the bad working state of (a particular part of) the system under monitoring.
- safety alarms, which go off if a dangerous condition occurs. Common public safety alarms include:
- civil defense siren also known as tornado sirens or air raid sirens
- fire alarm systems
- fire alarm notification appliance
- "Multiple-alarm fire", a locally specific measure of the severity of a fire and the fire-department reaction required.
- smoke detector
- car alarms
- autodialer alarm, also known as community alarm
- personal alarm
- Video Alarm Verification System provides instant notifications upon the detection of a possible threat verified through a video feed.
- tocsin – a historical alarm mechanism
Alarms have the capability of causing a fight-or-flight response in humans; a person under this mindset will panic and either flee the perceived danger or attempt to eliminate it, often ignoring rational thought in either case. A person in such a state can be characterised as "alarmed".
With any kind of alarm, the need exists to balance between on the one hand the danger of false alarms (called "false positives") — the signal going off in the absence of a problem — and on the other hand failing to signal an actual problem (called a "false negative"). False alarms can waste resources expensively and can even be dangerous. For example, false alarms of a fire can waste firefighter manpower, making them unavailable for a real fire, and risk injury to firefighters and others as the fire engines race to the alleged fire's location. In addition, false alarms may acclimatise people to ignore alarm signals, and thus possibly to ignore an actual emergency: Aesop's fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf exemplifies this problem.
The word came from the Old French A l'arme meaning "To the arms", "To the weapons", telling armed men to pick up their weapons and get ready for action, because an enemy may have suddenly appeared.[1]


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The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reminds us of our collective responsibility for promoting and protecting this ideal.
The Day is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws".
Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.
Racial and ethnic discrimination occur on a daily basis, hindering progress for millions of people around the world. Racism and intolerance can take various forms − from denying individuals the basic principles of equality to fuelling ethnic hatred that may lead to genocide − all of which can destroy lives and fracture communities. The struggle against racism is a matter of priority for the international community and is at the heart of the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
So what can you do to fight racism?
Get involved in the Let's Fight Racism Campaign: Take a stand that racism is unacceptable. Join the discussion, get involved and spread the word.
The campaign website (www.letsfightracism.org) – is available in all six official languages. It also links to real-life stories, a quiz, and the UN's global action plan (Durban Declaration and Programme of Action) to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
If you are a teacher their ideas for the classroom. There are many ways of making the classroom a place of acceptance and of multiracial celebration. Cultural factors influence a student's responses, such as how much eye contact he or she finds comfortable, how receptive he or she is to group learning strategies, or his or her style of dramatic play or story-telling. If and when there is a racial conflict in the class, deal with it; do not dismiss it.
Some suggestions...
Racism, xenophobia and intolerance are problems prevalent in all societies. Each and every one of us plays a role in either contributing to or breaking down racial prejudice and intolerant attitudes.
Postcards (www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/postcards) -- printed and distributed in all six official UN languages late last year.
Social Media discussion:
On Social Media - Twitter (#FightRacism) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/unitednationshumanrights) will be used to discuss and engage people, asking: "What are you doing to fight racism?" The best answers will be collected on Storify (storify.com/un/lets-fight-racism) and linked to from the campaign website.
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Months after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new state-level restrictions on guns have been slow in coming, and they've mostly been concentrated in a handful of states that already have tough gun laws.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in at least a half-dozen other states have gone the other way, proposing and in some instances passing bills that would expand where and when a person can be in possession of a firearm.
But for residents in the vast majority of states, gun ownership looks unlikely to change much absent federal legislation.
A person can still buy a pistol at a Nevada gun show without a background check or carry a rifle inside the New Hampshire state house, just as he or she could before Adam Lanza brought a Bushmaster .223 rifle into a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and opened fire.
"There has been activity in other states that one might not ordinarily think of -- Colorado, for example," said Jon Vernick, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. But there remain "the Idahos of the world, where really little has changed since Newtown."
Gun-control advocates had high hopes that the Newtown tragedy would serve as a galvanizing moment for the country. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said at the time that he hoped it would be a "catalyst to demand the sensible change."
While recent mass shootings do appear to have moved public opinion – a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found American support for stricter gun laws at its highest level in a decade – there has not been a rush at the state level to embrace sweeping new gun laws.
And most of the dozen or so states where significant new restrictions have been proposed already have a "C+" rating or above from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, putting them among the nation's top states for gun control.
"Most of the viable proposals on the federal level and in most states would have very little impact on self-defense," said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh. "But pretty much all the gun control proposals out there are not going to be terribly effective at combating criminals."
In New Jersey, several lawmakers began calling for new gun laws in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown shooting, even though the state already has an A- rating from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Legislators voted a raft of bills through the Democrat-controlled state assembly on Feb. 22, including a ban on .50 caliber weapons and a 10-round magazine limit. Those bills may still be held up by a hesitant Senate and Republican governor.
"We're going to take a hard look at the bills the Assembly did," New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney said in an interview with Philadelphia radio station 106.9FM. "Some might be changed, some might not go through at all."
At the same time, lawmakers in Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Arizona all moved to loosen their controls on firearms, in many cases thumbing their nose at prospective federal legislation.
An Arkansas bill allowing holders of concealed-carry permits to bring their gun into churches was signed into law by Governor Mike Beebe, a Democrat, on Feb. 11.
First sponsored by state Senator Bryan King, the Church Protection Act passed the state's Republican-controlled Senate by an overwhelming majority. In Kentucky, the state Senate voted 34 to 3 on Feb. 25 to approve a bill outlawing the enforcement of federal gun laws that do not yet exist.
The most aggressive gun-control legislative action so far has come in New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo championed one of the nation's toughest bans on assault weapons, the first to come in the wake of Newtown. But the state already boasted gun laws that were among the nation's toughest.
Even in states seared by recent tragedies, lawmakers have found their progress slowed.
After Connecticut lawmakers failed to coalesce around any of the gun laws offered in the days after Newtown, Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy introduced his own proposal and vowed to shove it through.
Lawmakers are trying to forge a bipartisan consensus but they are finding it difficult. "I would hope that we would have a broadly supported bipartisan bill, but I think it's more important that we have a strong bill that meets the need," said Sen. Majority Leader Martin Looney, a Democrat.
In Colorado, home of the Aurora theater shooting, House lawmakers advanced gun-control bills after some last-minute lobbying from Joe Biden, drawing the wrath of Republicans.
The bills would mandate universal background checks, ban magazines with more than 15 rounds, and allow college campuses to prohibit concealed carry. With the Senate planning to vote soon, the magazine maker Magpul Industries threatened to abandon its plant 28 miles from Denver if the proposed magazine limit is put into law.
"Colorado is in a unique position in that we have suffered these tragedies firsthand, so there is a drumbeat in Colorado," said Colorado Senate President John Morse, a Democrat. "I think the governor will be in support of all of these bills once we get them to his desk."
Passing a bill expanding gun rights can be complicated, too, as Wyoming State Representative Kendell Kroeker, a Republican, found out.
He got a bill passed in the state House of Representatives that would have made it illegal for anyone to enforce any new federal law that placed restrictions on guns, ammunition, or other firearms accessories within the borders of the state.
That bill died amid questions of its constitutionality, Kroeker said. But the response from his constituents was "overwhelmingly positive," he added.
Whether gun ownership changes for most Americans may come down to actions taken on the national level, as hesitant state lawmakers wait for a cue from Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee put a one-week hold on prospective federal gun bills on Thursday.
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The only rationale must be to accumulate XP. It's not like VzjaGRA spam, where there's a direct financial incentive to continue the behavior. So I don't think we'll have an ongoing problem now that it's been detected. It's galling, though, to think of all the hours people have spent answering these plagiarized nodes, duplicating effort expended elsewhere.
For anybody playing the XP game: if you uncover a plagiarized node and present evidence, I'll upvote you.
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Celebrities don't usually enjoy a reputation for being prudent with their finances, but some famous dads are surprisingly sensible when it comes to teaching their kids lessons in frugality.
Just in time for Father's Day this Sunday, GoBankingRates.com has released its list of celebrity dads who make great financial role models for their children. (The El Segundo, Calif.-based personal finance site points to a Charles Schwab & Co. parents and money survey that shows one in four parents believe that the best way for teens to learn about money management is by example.)
"People don't often associate celebrity fathers with frugality, but there are a few out there who choose to make saving money a lifestyle, no matter how much they earn," says financial writer Stacey Bumpus in her article for GoBankingRates.com, which connects readers with the best interest rates on financial services nationwide.
Read on to discover which seven famous dads make good financial role models—and why.
1. Carmelo Anthony, All-Star Forward of the New York Knicks
Parents know that their actions can speak louder than their words, "which is why it's important to model good money management as well as to teach it," writes Stacey Bumpus for personal finance and interest rate site GoBankingRates.com.
For example, she says, New York Knicks All-Star and Olympic champion basketball player Carmelo Anthony still models smart spending habits for his son, Kiyan, despite earning $19.4 million in 2012 from his NBA salary alone, surpassing star player Lebron James' earnings.
"I go to the supermarket, make sure I get the newspaper and tear the coupons out; save a dollar or two," Anthony said in an interview with CBS Denver.
2. Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters Frontman
Although a member of two wildly popular grunge rock bands, Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl is not one to live the typical rock-star lifestyle of excessive partying and spending.
"You can't take your lifestyle for granted," Dave Grohl said in a 2003 interview with USA Weekend. "I've got tons of money, but I'm afraid to spend it. Knowing I don't even have a high school diploma to fall back on, I'm going to be really careful with what I've got."
(According to Celebrity Net Worth, Grohl's net worth totals approximately $225 million—not bad for a grunge punk.)
3. Darius Rucker, Former Hootie and the Blowfish singer
Hootie and the Blowfish may have gone the way of the 1990s, but that band's singer, Darius Rucker, leveraged his fame as Hootie's lead vocalist to become a celebrated country music star. His success with the group and as a solo artist has helped propel his net worth to approximately $14 million.
"Despite his grand wealth, though, he's not big on teaching his children to spend lavishly," writes Bumpus for GoBankingRates. "After being raised by a single mother, he prefers to do his shopping at Target and only buy a new car every two years, preferring to trade the old one with each new purchase."
4. Eric Clapton, Rock Guitarist
"When we think of respected guitarists, Eric Clapton definitely tops the list," Bumpus writes. "In fact, Rolling Stone magazine named him one of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' in 2003. He's undoubtedly one of the country's richest rock stars with a net worth of nearly $200 million."
And yet, the former Yardbirds and Cream guitarist was reportedly spotted doing his own laundry in Los Angeles, clearly demonstrating the frugal values he learned as a lad when growing up in post-World War II Britain.
"The good news," Bumpus adds, "is his children will not only know the value of saving money, but also understand the meaning of a good wash and fold." 5. Paul McCartney, Beatles Legend
Sir Paul McCartney, he of the famous Beatles songwriting duo Lennon & McCartney, is a proud father of five, including successful fashion designer daughter Stella, (pictured far left). But this doesn't mean that Sir Paul would shower money upon them if it meant giving up his frugality.
"Though McCartney is said to be worth $1 billion, he reportedly sent four of his children to local state schools instead of costlier, private schools," Bumpus writes. "He also is said to have made guests at his ex-wife's birthday party pay for their drinks."
6. Mick Jagger, (Former) Bad Boy Rocker
Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger is celebrated not only for being the king of rock, but for being the king of frugality. This father of seven—and former London School of Economics student—reportedly made his ex-wife, the model Jerry Hall, "pay for everything to do with the house and the children," she said in an interview.
While he's known for being generous when it comes to buying gifts and presents, he likes to live a frugal lifestyle, writes Bumpus. "He even taught his children to repair vehicles before having them junked."
TheRichest.org puts the 69-year-old Jagger's net worth at a cool $300 million after a career spanning more than 50 years.
7. Warren Buffett, Investment Guru
Warren Buffett, obviously, is known for his tremendous wealth. Forbes magazine this year listed the Oracle of Omaha as the fourth-richest person on the planet, with an estimated net worth of $53.5 billion.
"But his wealth has never altered his frugal lifestyle," writes Bumpus for GoBankingRates. "In fact, Buffett still lives in the same five-bedroom home he purchased for his family in 1958."
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Twelve Clark School Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Fellowships
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Twelve University of Maryland (UMD) A. James Clark School of Engineering graduate and undergraduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the NSF and the oldest fellowship of its kind. The Clark School students receiving NSF fellowships represented half of the awardees across campus, with another 12 receiving fellowships from other colleges and departments. An additional four Clark School alumni attending graduate school at other institutions across the nation were also selected.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded to outstanding graduate students enrolled in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at accredited US institutions and to undergraduate students who intend to pursue a research-based graduate degree in those disciplines.
Recognizing the recipients' outstanding potential to contribute to the vitality and diversity of the US science and engineering enterprise, the three-year NSF Fellowship provides an annual stipend of $32,000 plus a cost-of-education allowance for tuition and fees of $12,000. It also provides fellows with opportunities for international research and professional development and with freedom from other obligations while conducting their research.
Below are the names of the Clark School graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at UMD who were awarded 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships:
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